Abstract
The diceratiid anglerfish, Diceratias pileatus, was described by Uwate (1979) on the basis of 32 specimens (21-235 mm SL), all collected from the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean (Uwate, 1979: fig. 20). Since that time, an additional 13 specimens (27-167 mm SL) were recorded by Fujii (1983: 259) from off Surinam and French Guiana. In this note, we report the first occurrence of D. pileatus outside of the Atlantic, a 275-mm SL female found floating on the surface off Honaunau Bay, Kona, Hawaii. The specimen is deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu (BPBM). The methods employed in the description that follows are those of Uwate (1977).
